Autographic register



. 1,456,770 L. F. HAGEMANN' v AUTOGRAPHIC REGI STER Filed Feb. 5, 1917 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR May 29, 1923.

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'IIIIIII'II'I'II I" IVE 3729,1923. l,456 7 70 L. F. HAGEMANN' AUTOGRAFHIC REGISTER H Filed Feb. 5, 1917 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 I ATTORNEY Patented May 1223i [TED STA LOUIS r. HAGEMANN, or NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK, AssrcNoa r AMERICAN SALES BOOK COMPANY, LIMITED, or TORONTO, ONT AR10, CANADA, A oonro- RATIoN oF-oNrAaIo.

' AUTOGRAJPHIC'REGISTER.

Application filed February 5, 1917. Serial No. 146,681.

T 0 all whom it may concern: At the top of the side plates 1 is a sup-' Be it. known that'I, LOUIS F. HAGEMANN, 'port 8, which may conveniently ,be made of a citizen of the United States, residing at a separate piece resting in a cut-out portion Niagara Falls, in the county of Niagara 9 in the side plates, permitting ready reand State of New York, have invented cer. moval of the support to give easy access to tain new and useful Improvements. in the interior of the frame, This support v Autographic Registers, of which the followmay conveniently have at one side a trough ing is a full, clear, and exact description, 10 forholding a roll of carbon tissue, and

such as will enable others skilled inthe-art may have at the-other, side a suitable means 10 to which it appertains to make and use the for retaining the carbon tissue, as a bar 11, 55

same. horizontally pivoted at one end, as at 12, of

This invention relates to autographic regthe 'support and having its other end re isters, and more specifically to that type ofv tained in a notch 13. Thisbar may be promachine in which a plurality of superposed vided at its pivot with a suitable thumb webs are fed over a support, suitable transscrew 14, and'the free end of the bar may '7 fer material being disposed between the webs be bevelled, as shown at 15, and the notch to enable atplurality of copies to be made. 13 may 'beshaped to engage the bevel.

An object of this invention is to enable Substantially centralof the side plates 2.;

the registration of the sheets to be more are vertical guides in which'is adapted to accurately maintained relative to each other slide a reciprocating member 16, thus divid- 75 and to the machine, whereby the records ing the interior; of the machine into two 1 will appear on the web, and the web-will chambers, the. one toward the rods-4,5, and

be severed in predetermined positions. 1 6 being a roll-holding chamber and the 1 Other objects will be in part obviousand one toward the rod? being a filing chamin part pointed out hereinafter. ber. T 80 The invention accordingly consists in the The guides preferably comprise guide features of construction, combinations of blocks 1 each having a longitudinal groove elements and arrangement .of parts which 18, each block being attached to the side wall will be exemplified in the'construction hereby a screw -19, projecting through a hori-' inafter set forth, and the scope of the applizontal slot 20 in the side plate, whereby ad-. 5

cation of which will be indicated in the justment of the position of the guide may following claims. I be made by adjusting the position of the. The preferred embodiment of this invenscrew in the slot. Suitable lugs 21 on the f tion is illustrated "in the accompanying side plates are provided at the top and drawings, wherein similar reference. charbottom of each block to hold the block in 90 i acters refer to similar parts throughout the place. Preferably two such blocks 17 are several views, in which, attached to each side plate with the grooves Figure 1 is a side elevation; 18 inalignment, so that, the reciprocating Fig. 2 is a top plan view withthe covers member 16 may slide in said grooves. 4 removed;

Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line III, a. crank arm 22 carrying on its outer end III on Fig.2; an operating handle 23, and having, in- Fig. 4 is a vertical section on the line .IV, teri'or ofthe'casing, an ofl'set portion 24 for IV on Fig. 3; I Q the-purpose of operating thereciprocating Fig. 5 is avertical section on the line V, member. The reciprocating-member-is pro- 0 V on Fig. 3, and s l. vided. on the face adjacent the arm 22 with Figs. 6 and 7. are details. j suitable lugs 25 adapted to engage the oil'- The frame 'of the-machinecomprises side set portion of the crank arm, whereby on plates 1 attached at'their loweredges to a operation of the handle 23, the reciprocatbase 2. Extending between the side plates ing member will be moved vertically.- At- 1 1 atone end of the machine or spaced guide tached to the base of the machine, as by rods 4, 5, and -6, and at the other. end of screws .26, is a spring 27 engaging a lug 28 the machine a tie rod 7 which rods may on the reciprocating member 16 to draw the serve to brace the side plates together as reciprocating member downwardly. Jourwell as other purposes later to be described.- naled 'inblocks 29 attached. to the upper 110 In the side' plates 1 there is journaled side of each of the side plates 1, as by screws 30, is a web-feeding roller 31 in such position. as to have its upper side substantially flushed with the upper side of the support 8 when the latter isin place. The roller 31 has preferably a roughened surface, and

' I has one end of its shaft extend through one at its end a suitable pinion 37 adapted normally to mesh with a similar pinion 38 on the roller 31, whereby the rollers are caused to rotate opposite directions for the purpose of feeding the web between them. This roller 36 also has, preferably, a roughened surface. In order, however, to enable the Webs to be released, at will, from thegrip of the feed rollers 31 and 36 to permit free adjustment of the web, the roller 36 is journaled in plates 39 which are parallelto the blocks 29 and lie between the said. blocks andthe ends of the roller 31, whose shaft passes through aslotted orifice 40 in said plate, whereby the plate 39 may move vertically relative to the block 29 and roller 31 carrying with it the roller 36. v

In order, normally, to retain the roller 36 in engagement with the roller 31, the ends of the shafts of the roller 36 extend beyond the plates 39 in which said roller is journaled, as shown at 41, through slots in the blocks 29, and threaded openings 42 are provided in said blocks above said extensions, in which are placed means for hearing down upon the ends .of said shafts. This may conveniently consist of a presser block 43 pressed downwardly by a spring 44 which is retained in place by a screw 45 threaded into the opening. Forv the purpose of enabling the roller 36 to be lifted out of engagement with the roller 31, there is journaled in the side plates 1 a shaft 46, carrying atone end an operating handle 47 and being provided, in position to engage the lower end of the plates 39 with cam surfaces; as shown at 48, whereby on rotation ofthe shaft 46 theplates 39 are alternately raised and'lowered, carrying with them the roller 36.

Extending between the side plates 1 and attached thereto, as by screws 49, is a guide iece50 comprising two side pieces 51 havmg extending therebetween two tie rods 52 and 53, one above the other. Also extending between the side pieces, parallel to and between the tie rods 52 and 53, is a guide plate,

as 54, for directing certain of the webs upwardly out of the machine and certain other of the webs downwardly into the filing chamber. In order to cause a separation between the upper and lower webs, there is provided in the guide piece 50, and with its upper and lower surfaces substantially flush with the upper and lower surfaces of the guide plate 54, a separating bar 55 forming slots for the'reception of the webs, both above and below it between it and the tie rods 52 and 53, as shown at 56 and 57. The mechanism for severing the web comprises a knife 58 attached to the reciprocating member16, as by screws 59, and the upper tie rod-52 which is so shaped as to form a cutter bar. The knife 58 preferably has one side, as 60, higher than the other to cause that side to engage the cutter bar before the other.

In order to enable the knife to cooperate with the cutting bar without interference by the separator bar, means are provided for withdrawing the separating bar 55 backward beyond the edge of the cutter bar 52 at such time as'the knife approaches the cutter bar. This is accomplished by slidably mounting theseparating bar 55 for longitudinal movement in a slot in the guide piece 50, A separator bar operating shaft 62 is journaled in the side pieces 51 of the guide piece 50, and carries at each end, as at 63, an operati'ng pin adapted to engage slots 64 in the end of the separating bar, whereby on rotation of the shaft 62 the operating pins 63 will cause movement of the separating bar 55 toward and away from the guide plate. A suitable spring on the shaft 62 tends to rotate the shaft 62 in a direction to hold the separating bar 55 in engagement with the guide plate 54, and a cam arm 66 on the shaft 62, in position to be engaged by a finger 67 on the high side of the knife 58' causes the rotation of the shaft 62 to withdraw the separating bar 55 away from the guide plate 54 beyond the edge of the cutter bar 52. This permits the knife, as it rises; to engage the cutterbar to cut the web, and at the same time retains the separating bar between the webs, whereby, when the knife is again lowered, it may return to a position in engagement with the guiding surface 54 to again cause the upper surface to be separated from the lower. This fin er 67 also serves to guide the high side 0 the knife over the edge of the cutter bar. The records from the lower web may be admitted loosely into the filing chamber for filing, but since it is desirable that they be retained in proper order, there is preferably mounted on the reciprocating member 16 a filing member 68 which may conveniently consist of a head 69 having a stud 70 fitting into an orifice 71 in a boss 72 on the reciprocating member 16, and a filing pin 73 projecting upwardly her in place.

the head of 73, without losing the order thereof, an eye .75 may be provided in the pin through which a suitable string maybe passed before the papers are removed from the filin pin 63, whereby the in will act as a nee e to draw the string t rough the opening in the papers. A catch 76 engaging a notch 77 in the boss 72 normally holds the filing mem- This catch may .be operated by a spring 78. The filing member 68 is conveniently steadied by making the head 69 of such shape as to fit flat against the reciprocatin member 16 as the filing member is at in pace. I

n order to permit of relative adjustment. betweenthe knife 58 and the cutter bar-52, the screws 49 of the guide piece are preferably situated above the cutter bar 52, and engaging the lower end of one of the side pieces 50, is an adjusting member 79. This comprises a block 80 pivoted to one of the side ,plates 2 by a screw 81, on which is slidably mounted between lugs 82 an arm 83 having at one end a finger 84 for engaging a slot in the. bottom of the side pieces 51, having at the other end a lug 85, provided with a threaded orifice .86 and havin at its center a lon 'tudinal slot 87. The block 80 is provide with outstandin lugs 88 which engage a circumferential s ot 1n an adjusting screw 89 which is adapted to screw into the orifice 86 of the lug 85. By this construction a rotation of the screw 87 will cause a longitudinal movement of the arm 83 causing a rotation of the guide piece 50 about its screws 49 as a pivot, whereby the cutter bar 52 is moved longitudinally plate 2 ward.

of the machine, and toward and away-from the path of the knife 58.

In order to retain the ad usting member 7 9 in engagement with the side piece 51, there is provided on the block 80 a spring 90 adapted to engage a lug 91 on the side to urge the adjusting member up- In order to sup ort that web which passes below the separating bar, after the web has passed the separating bar into the filing chamber, there isprovided on one of the side plates a guide spring 92. Suitable slotted bosses, as93, are provided on the inside of the sld plates, inside the web roll holding chamber for receiving ends of the shafts 94 on which the rolls of the web are mounted. These shafts have at one end a shoulder 95 against which is placed a, washer 96 for 'bearingagainst the roll ofweb. A'spring 97 bearing against one side pletez2 bears against the other end of the r0 1. l

.Machinesof this character are customarily 1 able sales forms, and it is desirable to insure that the sales .forms' in the different webs shall be in register with each other as the webs are fed in order that the records shall appear in the proper. position on the sales forms on the lower webs. With a paper .web,' however, there is tendency of the webs to get out of register with each other, owing, perhaps, to the liability of the paper of the webs to stretch or contract with different conditions of tension 'and atmosphere. For this reason, it is desirable to provide some means for adjusting the position of thewebs relative to the machine and toeach other. This may be accomplished by providing physical alteration in the web, as, for example, a series of apertures, perforations, pr of'sets of perforations, bearing fixed relation to the forms printed on the web; vide means on the machine, pins for engaging these alterations, whereby and to proas, for example,

.used. with webs having printed thereon suitthe position of the form may be adjusted by adjusting the position ofthe alterations.

The form of adjustment in the embodiment illustrated is as follows: To the top of the'reciprocating member 16 is attached a bar 99 having controlling fingers, or pins, 100 projecting upwardly therefrom and reciprocal across the paths of the Webs. When the reciprocating member 'is raised, the finproject upwardly above the normal level of the webs, the roller 31 being grooved, as at 101 and guide plate 54 and separating bar 55 being. notched, as at 102, to afford a passage for the pins. The pins are of such distance apart, and in the present em,- bodiment, are independent of the feed rollers, and in such position relative to the knife 58 and. the apertures, or perforations in the Web are in such position relative to the the pins will be in forations in the web, the guide blocks 17 holdingthe pins from movement in the direction of. feed of the webs, longitudinal movement, whenin' said apertures. At-

tached to the reciprocating'member 16, as i by screws 103, is a block 104 having an'arm 105 adapted to engage the lower end of the .plates 39 to raise the roller 36 from engagement with the roller 31 after the knife 58 and cutter bar 52' have severed the Web, in order that the web may be free from the pull of the feeding mechanism, so that its position may be adjustedby the engagement of ll);he pins100 with the perforations in the .We

That portion of the machine which constitutes the filing chamber is provided with a suitable cover 106 which may conveniently be composed of two parts, one of which, as 107, is pivoted to the-side plates 2 at the ower edge of the outer end thereof, and is printed form thereon, that when the webs are in position to be severed by the knife 58, position to enter the per-' adapted to fold up against the end of the said side plates where it may be retained in plates by a lock 108 which may engage the rod 7, and the other of which, as 109, may be hinged to the top of the part 107, and is adapted to lie horizontally on top of the side pieces 1. This horizontal portion of the cover may be provided with hooks 110 adapted to engage lugs 111 on side pieces 1 to retain the horizontal portion in place when the vertical portion is held in position by the lock 108. The frame work of the machine and cover 94 thus form a closed filing chamber for the reception of the sheets which are filed upon the filing member 68. The roll holding chamber may be provided with a cover 112, which may have, at one end, fingers 113, adapted to project below and catch under the end ofthe horizontal portion 109 of the cover 106, and may be provided at the other end with a catch. The front of the machine may be closed by a door 115 adapted to slide in guide ways 116 in the side pieces 1, and pivoted on the door 115 is a spring-pressed catch 117 having one end adapted to engage a catch on the cover 112- and a lower end adapted to engage the edge of a notch 120 in the base 1. The operation of this latch may be controlled by a pin 121. Thecover 112 is provided with a suitable cut-away portion 122 adapted to expose the web above the support 8. so that a record may be made thereon, and the 'web will preferably have printed thereon a guide mark which will be coincident with the edge of this cut-out portion 124 of the plate 112 when the perforations in the web are in alignment with the pins 100. I

The operation of. the machine is as follows:

Suitable rolls of web are mounted upon the shafts 94. and the springs 97 being placed upon the ends of the shaft, the shafts are held in place in the slotted bosses 93,

one roll being used for each copy which it is des red that the machine shall make. The web from each roll is then carried over its corresponding guide rod, as illustrated, the inner roll will be carried'over the guide rod 4; the central roll over the guide rod 5; and the outer roll over the guide rod 6. The

- support 8 may now be placed in position in the cut-outs 9, and the webs carried thereover. i The upper roller 36 will now be'raised by turning the shaft 46 by means of the operating handle 47 until the cams 48 engage and raise the plates 39. This disengages the rolls from each other and permits the ready insertion of the web therebetween. The lower web, that is, the web passing over the guide rod 4, will then be carried beneath the separating bar 55 and beneath the guide plate 54 to project through the slot 57 into' the filing chamber, and will be adjusted The operating handle 47 will now be I turned to lower the roller 36 to engage the webs, and the covers 106 and 112 will be placed in position on the machine. On pressing down the handle 23, the reciprocating member 16, carrying with it the knife 58, will be raised, whereby the finger 67, engaging the cam-arm 66, will withdraw the separating bar 55 out of the way of the knife 58 and permit the knife to cut the web against the edge of the cutter bar 52; at the same time, the raising of the reciprocating member will cause the pins 100 to project through the openings in the web. When the severing of the web has been completed, the arms 105 will engage the plates 39 to raise the roller 36 from engagement with the web. The web is now retained in place solely by the pins 100, and if, any web has been fed slightly beyond the desired point, the normal tension in the web will permit a slight retrograde movement, because the diameter of the pins is less than the diameter of the perforations in the web, and thus all the webs are brought into such position that the furthermost edge of the perforation appears against the far side of the pin, thus having its position adjusted relative to the pins, andhence having the position of the forms printed on the webs adjusted relative to each other. Upon release of the handle 33, thespring 27 as sisted by the weight of the reciprocating member 16 will cause the lowering of the re ciprocatin'g member to withdraw the pins and the knife, and to permit the return of the separating bar 55 which lies between the unsevered portions of the web to its normal position in engagement with the guiding plate 54. Any record desired may now be made upon the first sheet of the to web, and thereafter the operating crank may be turned, rotating both the roller 31 and the roller 36 to cause a simultaneous feed of all the webs through the machine. The separating bar 55 insures that those webs which have been originally inserted in the slot 57 will all enter the filing chamber, and that those webs which have originally passed through the slot 58 will all pass out of, the machine over the guide plate 541 The crank 32 is turned until the next guide mark on the web indicates that sales record is kept in the machine.

pin 73 until such time as it' is desired to open the filing'chamber. The sheets from the upper web which are cut simultaneously with the sheet from the lower web pass out of the machine, and are used for any desired purposes. Thus one copy of each Thus by'the above described construction are accomplished, among others, the objects hereinbefore' set forth, as *well as others which will be obvious.

As many changes could be made inthe above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from position of a portion of the web relative'to the support, said feeding means comprising the scope. thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not,

in a limiting sense. a

It is also to be understood that the language used'in the following claims is intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein described, and all statements of the scope of the invention, which, as a matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween,

Having described my invention, what claim as new'and desire to secure by-Letters Patent isz.

1. A device of the character described comprising, in combination, asupport for 1 a web, a member mounted on sald support 45 and fixed against longitudinal movement relative to the support for engaging a web to feed the same relative to the support,

, means to release the feedingmeans from engagement with the web to permit retrograde motion of the web, and means adapted to engage the web to limit the retrograde motion.,thereof when released and thereby retain a portion of the web in a predetermined position relative to the support. I

2. A device of .the character described comprising, in combination, a support for a web, means constantly urged towardssaid web to feed the same relative to the support,

" means for releasing the feeding means to permit retrograde motion of the web, and meansadapted to engage the web to limit the retrograde motion thereof when released and thereby retain a portion of the web in a. predetermined port. Y

position relative to. the sup- 3. A device of the character described comprising, in combination, a sup ort for a web, a roller engaging the web or feeding the same relative to the support, means for releasing the feeding-means to permit retrograde motion of the web, and means adapted to engage the web to limit the reta,

rograde motion thereof when released and thereby retain a portion of the web in a predetermined position relative to the support. 4. A device of the character described comprising, in combination. a support for a web, means for feeding the web relative to the support, and means for adjusting the position of a portion of the web relative to the support, the feeding means comprising a roller engaging the web at all timesexcept during the adjusting operation, and the ad a pair of rollers engaging the web between them at all times except during the adjusting operatlon, and the adjusting means comprising means adapted to engage the web to limit retrograde motion thereof during the adjusting operation.

6. A device of the character described comprising, in combination, a support for a web, .means for feeding a web relative to .the support, comprising a pair of rollers engaging the web between them, means for relievingthe web from restraint against retrograde motion, comprising means for separ'ating the rollers, and means adapted to engage the web to limit the retrograde motion when relieved and thereby retain a portion of the web in p 'etermined position relative to the support. i

7. A device ofthe character described comprising, in combination, a support fora web, means for adjusting the position of a portion of the web relative to the support, means for severing the web, and means for operating said severing means and said adjusting means simultaneously.

8. A device of the character described v y comprising, in combination, a support fora web, means for adjusting the position of a portion of the web relatlve to the support,

.means for severing the web, meansfor 0p- 7 erating said severing means and ,said adjusting 'means simultaneously, and a'recipro eating member on which the severing means and the adjusting means are mounted.

9. A device ofythe character described comprising,,in combination, a support for a the web for adjusting the position of a porweb, pins adapted toengage perforations in.

' knife are mounted.

10. A device of the character described comprising, in combination, a support for a web, a roller for feeding a web relative to the support, means for adjusting the position of a portion of the web relative to the support, comprising means for disengaging the roller from the web, means for severing the web, and means for operating said severing means and saidadjusting means simultaneously.

11. A device of the character described comprising, in combination, a support for a web, a roller for feeding a web relative to the support, means for adjusting the position of a portion of the web relative to-the support, comprising means for disengaging the roller from the web, pins for engaging perforations in the web to retain a portion thereof in predetermined position relative to the support, a knife for severing the web, and a reciprocating member on which the knife, the pins and the roller-releasing means are mounted.

12. A device of the character described comprising, in combination, a support for webs, means for feeding a plurality of webs relative to the support, and means for adjusting the position of a portion of each of the webs relative'to the su port, the feeding means comprising a mem er for engaging the webs at all times except during the adjusting operation, and the adjusting means comprising means for limiting retrograde motion of the webs during adjustment.

13. A device of the character described comprising, in combination, a su port for a plurality of webs, a pair of fee ing rollers adapted to-engage the webs between them for feeding the webs relative to the support, means for adjusting the position of all of said webs relative to said support, comprising means for relieving the webs from restraint against retrograde motion, and means for limiting the retrograde motion during adjustment.

14,. In an autographic register, in combination, mechanism adapted to simultaneousl'y feed'a plurality of superposed apertured webs, and means adapted to adjust portions of'said webs relative to each other comprising a controlling finger reciprocal across the paths of the webs adapted to enter the apertures in the'superposed webs, and means adapted to hold said finger from longitudinal movement when in said aper- 15. In an autographic register, in com bination, mechanismadapted to simultaneously' feed a plurality of superposed apertured webs, and means adapted to adjust portions of saidwebs relative to each -tions of said webs relative to each other comprising a controlling finger reciprocal across the paths of the webs adapted to enter the apertures in the superposed webs, means adapted to hold said finger from.

longitudinal movement when in said apertures, said feed mechanism comprising co operative feed rollers adapted to grip the webs, and means adapted to release said webs from the grip of said rollers, at will.

17. In an autographic register, in combination, mechanism adapted to simultaneously feed a plurality of superposed apertured webs, means adapted to adjust p'ortions of said webs relative to each other longitudinally of the direction of feed, comprising a controlling finger reciprocal across the paths of the webs adapted to enter the apertures in the superposed webs, said feed mechanism comprising a roller adapted to rotate in the operation of feeding the webs,

and means whereby the webs may be released from the pull of said roller to permit said longitudinal adjustment to be effected by said finger.

18. In an autographic register, in combination, mechanism ada ted to simultaneously feed a plurality o superposed apertured webs, means adapted to adjust portions of said webs relative to each other,

, longitudinally of the direction of feed comprising acontrolling finger reciprocal across the paths of the webs adapted to enter the apertures in the superposed webs, said feed mechanism comprising a roller adapted to rotate in the operation of feeding the webs, and means whereb the webs may be released from the pul of said roller to permit said longitudinal adjustment to be effected by said finger, said finger being independent of said roller.

19. In an autographic re 'ster, in combination, mechanism adapte tosimultaneously feed a plurality of superposed apertured webs, means adapted to adjust portions of said webs relative to each other longitudinally of the direction of feed comto rotate in the operation of feeding the webs, and means whereby the webs may be released from the pull of said roller to permit said longitudinal adjustment to be efi'ected by said finger.

20. In a friction-roll manifolder employing perforated form strips, a drive roll and a co-operative pressure roll. for feeding said strips, means for relaxing the pressure between the rolls after feeding said strips a predetermined distance, and form adjusting means for engaging form perforations at the time of said pressure relaxation.

21. In a machine of the character described, the combination of suitable feeding means, and suitable registering means adapted to-relatively shift superposed webs into registered position, with means for releasing the feeding means from the webs, means for severing slips from the webs, and

means for simultaneously operatin said severing means and releasing said ceding means from the webs.

22. In a machine of the character described, the combination of suitable web feeding means, operating means therefor to efl'ect a predetermined length of feed, means for severing a slip from the web, suitable registering means adapted to correct the position of the web and means for 'sii'nul taneously operating said severing means and said registering means and releasing said feeding means from the web.

23. In a machine of the character de scribed, the combination of suitable web feeding means, a web-cutting device and a web registerin device, said cutting device being arrange to release the feeding means from the web and actuate said-registering device.

' In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS F. HAGEMANN. Witnesses:

' P. V. KELLER,

W. H. HOUSTON. 

